Sadness with a Touch of Pink

It has been a bad week. 

My grandmother passed away on Saturday night after battling cancer and heart disease for over 15 years.  She was ready and honestly it was not unexpected, but it did not make it easy. 

So between traveling for the services and now trying to get caught back up with work, blogging (and catching up with my google reader) has somewhat taken a backseat. 

But I did want to share what I chose of hers to bring home.....her old sewing machine.

The sewing cabinet closed-

And with the lid popped open-

There is a way to swing it up so that it is sitting even with the top of the cabinet that my dad showed me but I could not figure it out with one hand while the other held the camera.  I thought this would do for now.  Did I mention it is absurdly heavy?

Sadly with the pups in the car we did not have enough room to bring it home right now, so until my parents come to visit it will be living in their garage (where I snapped those incredibly amazing pictures).

I have no idea if it works or where I am even going to put it.  Or anything at all about old sewing machines. But I love the color and I knew that no one else in my family would love it like I will (my inclination to sew was not genetically passed down) even if it is just a decorative accent somewhere.   Ideas are welcome because I am a little stumped.

Thanks G-ma for all the memories......you will be missed.